High severity · published Oct 27, 2022
CVE-2022-3725
Crash in the OPUS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation
>=3.6.0, <3.6.8 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3725
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3725
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3725.json
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18378
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIEIFFZ27YKCTK5C2VT4OEQSHPQDBNSF/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-07.html
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